Backwater 2013
Backwater 2013
Tomogui (original title)
Not Rated | 1h 42min | Drama | 7 September 2013 (Japan)
Storyline:
Cannes Film Festival winner Shinji Aoyama creates a chilling atmosphere in this adaptation of an award-winning novel. A young man tries to fight the deadly influence of his violent, abusive dad. Will the sins of the father carry on to the next generation in the bloodline?
The Labyrinth of Sex 1969
The Labyrinth of Sex 1969
Nel labirinto del sesso (Psichidion) (original title)
X | 1h 35min | Drama | 1970 (USA)
Storyline:
Take a guided trip with Emilio Servadio on a journey of sexual excess including a insatiable nymphomaniac, a sex killer, a lesbian and fetishists of every type.
Cavaleiros De Água Doce 2001
Cavaleiros De Água Doce 2001
91min | Drama | TV Movie 28 January 2001
Storyline:
After the passing of one of his friends, João remember’s the summer he had with his friends when he was 12 years old.
On the Old Roman Road 2001
On the Old Roman Road 2001
1h 16min | Drama | 27 January 2001 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the “liquidation” of the Turkish consuls in Rotterdam, and executed them. He lures him with the picture of the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid The Bloody, which he has bought in the auction house ‘Leo Jansen’. Secret connections consist between Wano and the old man of uptown Rotterdam, who presumably finances this terror-attack.
Blue Bird 1979
Blue Bird 1979
Blauvogel (original title)
1h 36min | Adventure, Drama, Family | 13 December 1979 (East Germany)
Storyline:
In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to the United States. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by Iroquois. He is taken in by an Indian family in the place of a deceased son and receives the name “Blue Bird.” The boy has homesickness and difficulties accustoming to the customs of the Indians. But gradually he begins to feel at home with them, and advances to a full-fledged member of his new community. As the regular white settlers are attacked, he feels more associated with the Indians than with his former people. After the victory of the English over the French in 1763, all of the captured white settlers are to be exchanged for the captured Indians, including George/Blue Bird. He decides to remain with the Indians.
The Current 2014
The Current 2014
Not Rated | 1h 25min | Drama, Family | January 2014 (USA)
Storyline:
Jake loves living in Chicago but when big city violence hits a little too close to home his parents buy a campground in rural Minnesota and move the family there. Jake hates living at the campground until he meets Peter, the boy across the river. The two quickly become best friends and spend a fun-filled summer together on the river. In one of their conversations, Peter shares his Christian faith with Jake. Jake uses his new faith to help a friend through a tragedy.
Blood 1989
Blood 1989
O Sangue (original title)
1h 35min | Drama, Mystery | 7 December 1990 (Portugal)
Storyline:
Vicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don’t seem to remember their mother, and are very much attached to their father, despite his temper, and his frequent absences from home. One day, the father leaves for good, and Vicente and Nino swear to cover it up. It’s their secret. Clara, the primary school assistant, is fascinatingly beautiful, and secretive, and (may be) she knows it aswel. There are other secrets, though: the origin of the money that appears at Vicente’s house; the relationship between Vicente’s well-to-do uncle and his girlfriend; the relationship between the four people who once played the cards together, and now can’t stand each other.
Jay 2019
Jay 2019
14min | Short, Drama | 11 August 2019 (USA)
Storyline:
Jay, a 13-year-old Taiwanese boy, is fascinated by his toned and athletic older brother. In order to get close to him, Jay feigns an interest in basketball so that his brother will practice with him. Steadily, Jay’s fascination develops into an attraction—one with which Jay is forced to reconcile after his brother brings home a girlfriend.
